Determinants of plasma homocysteine levels and carotid intima-media thickness in Japanese

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 698-703

  Takamura, Noboru ^a   Abe, Yasuyo ^a   Nakazato, Mio ^a   Maeda, Takahiro ^a   Wada, Mitsuhiro ^a   Nakashima, Kenichiro ^a   Kusano, Yosuke ^b   Aoyagi, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Nagasaki Wesleyan University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular diseases (CVD); Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT); Folate; Homocysteine (HCY)

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTIMA; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CREATININE; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 37349060600     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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